Government coalition losing support in polls

If elections had been held in May, the opposition ANO party would have won with 34.5 percent of the vote, according to a Median agency poll published on Friday. Petr Fiala's Civic Democrat Party would have trailed behind in second place with 15 percent, while the Pirate Party would have come in third with 10.5 percent. Tomio Okamura's populist right-wing Freedom and Direct Democracy party would have been fourth with 8.5 percent.

According to the survey, the parties that form the current governing coalition would have the cumulative support of 41 percent of voters, two percentage points less than in April. They would thus gain 92 parliamentary seats. At the moment, they have 108.

Median said that it was unclear whether the Mayors and Independents, TOP 09, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats would have gained the five percent of votes necessary to be represented in parliament.